Opus CentralisA Poem by Paris HladOpus Centralis:
-To Know More of the
Sun-
-
To behold the aureate spectacle of sunset Is to affirm the primary work of the Artist, The one outside and within that expects
us To comprehend complex spiritual truths Via the interplay of light, form, and
color.
We know that this is so Because we vaguely recall The bright hopes we shared On the Day of our Creation.
-2-
Consider that Eternity Is forever before and after
Every zeptosecond Of measurable time:
That we occupy a finite space Between the immeasurable before us And the presumed immeasurable after us Is beyond the ken of our best reasoning.
But we are not so much overwhelmed With wonder about the enigma of time, But with wonder about the mystery of us.
We
conclude that we are
Everything
Because
our reality is all that we know. We
are the shadow maker And the puppet impaled on a pole " Mere
players that have never seen the sun, But
claim to know of it and play to an audience
Comprised
only of us "
Or
God.
Yet,
we would know more of the sun And
create others who claim to have seen it
And
emphatically say so " Not
just to us, but to all those
We
have fashioned To
marvel as we do.
-3-
And
thus, our every experience of sunset Is
tinged by a sense of primordial sadness,
Particularly
those viewings When
we are alone.
We
may live in the moment,
But
we are mindful Of
what it may be like When
the gloaming is over And
we are left to contemplate The
hopes that were dashed.
We are the proverbial “foreigners in a foreign
land,” And
we are every moment homesick for a place We
remember only in our longing at sunset. © 2023 Paris Hlad |
Stats
40 Views
Added on August 12, 2023 Last Updated on August 12, 2023 AuthorParis HladSouthport, NC, United States Minor Outlying IslandsAboutI am a 70-year-old retired New York state high school English teacher, living in Southport, NC. more..Writing
|